Two years ago I traveled to Lanzarote for the first time and I am honest with you. When we drove to the hotel with the bus, I thought: what is this? I didn’t liked it in the first instance. Not so much colours in the landscape, black, dry….

We stayed in an hotel in Playa Blanca. Hotel Dream Gran Castillo, near the Papagayo Beach. A very large resort that is part of the hotelgroup Dreamplace Hotels & Resorts and built in Canarian style. As the name suggests, the hotel is built like a castle and at the whole complex are examples to be found, such as wooden bridges, “bullet holes” in the walls and the many passages.

Lanzarote – the island of César Manrique

During our holiday we explored the northern part of Lanzarote, also called the “César Manrique route”. César Manrique was born in Arrecife, nowadays the capital city of the island. He was a painter, sculptor, architect and building consultant. His style can be considered as non-figurative with a huge love for the nature around him.